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Hôtel De Besenval
The Hôtel de Besenval is a historic ''hôtel particulier'' in Paris with a ''Court of honor (architecture), cour d'honneur'' and a large English landscape garden, an architectural style commonly known as ''entre cour et jardin'' – meaning a residence between the entrance court in front of the building and the garden behind it. The building is listed as a Monument historique, historical monument by decree of 20 October 1928. It houses the Diplomatic mission, Embassy of the Swiss Confederation and the residence of the List of ambassadors of Switzerland to France, Swiss ambassador to France since 1938.Jean-Jacques Fiechter / Benno Schubiger: ''L’Ambassade de Suisse à Paris,'' Ambassade de Suisse, 2ème édition, août 1994, p. 11 Location The premises are at 142 Rue de Grenelle in the district of Faubourg Saint-Germain in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, 7th arrondissement, opposite the Hôtel du Châtelet and close to the Les Invalides, Hôtel des Invalides. The Faubourg Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ambassadors Of Switzerland To France
The Ambassador of Switzerland to France is the representative of the government of Switzerland in France and thus responsible for maintaining relations between Switzerland and France. First permanent diplomatic representation The first permanent Swiss diplomatic representation abroad was opened in Paris in April 1798 at the time of the Helvetic Republic. Today, the Embassy of the Swiss Confederation as well as the residence of the Swiss Ambassador are housed in the Hôtel de Besenval in Paris. First French embassy in Switzerland In the aftermath of the Battle of Marignano, the ''Paix Perpétuelle'' ''(Perpetual Peace)'' of 1516 and the mercenary alliance of 1521, France had already opened an embassy in 1522 on Swiss territory, in the city of Solothurn. Hence still today, the city of Solothurn is still called the ''City of Ambassadors.''Jean-Jacques Fiechter / Benno Schubiger: ''L’Ambassade de Suisse à Paris,'' Ambassade de Suisse, 2ème édition, août 1994, p. 30''Emba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hôtel De Noirmoutier
The Hôtel de Noirmoutier is a hôtel particulier in Paris, France. It was built in 1723. It has been listed by the French Ministry of Culture since February 12, 1996. The mansion served as a model for Spencer Hays's residence in Nashville, Tennessee. References Noirmoutier Noirmoutier (also French language, French: Île de Noirmoutier, ; br, Nervouster, ) is a tidal island off the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of France in the Vendée Departments of France, department (85). History Noirmoutier was the locatio ... Houses completed in 1723 Monuments historiques of Paris {{France-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enfilade (architecture)
In architecture, an enfilade is a series of rooms formally aligned with each other. This was a common feature in grand European architecture from the Baroque period onward, although there are earlier examples, such as the Vatican stanze. The doors entering each room are aligned with the doors of the connecting rooms along a single axis, providing a vista through successive rooms. The enfilade may be used as a processional route and is a common arrangement in museums and art galleries, as it facilitates the movement of large numbers of people through a building. Baroque palaces In a Baroque palace, access down an enfilade suite of state rooms typically was restricted by the rank or degree of intimacy of the visitor. The first rooms were more public, and usually at the end was the bedroom, sometimes with an intimate cabinet or boudoir beyond. Baroque protocol dictated that visitors of lower rank than their host would be escorted by servants down the enfilade to the farthest roo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corps De Logis
In architecture, a ''corps de logis'' () is the principal block of a large, (usually Classical architecture, classical), mansion or palace. It contains the principal rooms, state apartments and an entry.Curl, James Stevens (2006). ''Oxford Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture'', 2nd edition. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, p. 204. . The grandest and finest rooms are often on the first floor above the ground level: this floor is the ''piano nobile''. The ''corps de logis'' is usually flanked by lower secondary wings, such as the ''barchesse'' of Venetian villas. When the secondary wings form a three sided courtyard, the courtyard is known as the ''cour d'honneur''. Examples of a ''corps de logis'' can be found in many of the most notable Classical architecture, Classical Era buildings of Europe including the Palace of Versailles, Blenheim Palace, and the Palazzo Pitti. In France, the principal block of medieval castles and manor houses is often ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques-François Blondel
Jacques-François Blondel (8 January 1705 – 9 January 1774) was an 18th-century French architect and teacher. After running his own highly successful school of architecture for many years, he was appointed Professor of Architecture at the Académie Royale d'Architecture in 1762, and his ''Cours d'architecture'' ("Course of Architecture", 1771–1777) largely superseded a similarly titled book published in 1675 by his famous namesake, François Blondel, who had occupied the same post in the late 17th century. Career Born in Rouen, he initially trained under his uncle Jean-François Blondel (1683–1756), architect of Rouen. Jacques-François was in Paris by 1726 and continued his studies with Gilles-Marie Oppenord, from whom he acquired a knowledge of rococo. He also worked with Jean Mariette, contributing to the latter's ''L'Architecture françoise'' (1727, 1738), as a writer and as an architectural engraver. Blondel developed into a conservative and thorough architect, whos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armand Gaston Maximilien De Rohan
Armand de Rohan (Armand Gaston Maximilien; 26 June 1674 – 19 July 1749) was a French churchman and politician. He became Bishop of Strasbourg in 1704, Cardinal in 1712 then Grand Almoner of France in 1713 and member of the regency council in 1722. He constructed the Hôtel de Rohan next to the present day Hôtel de Soubise in which his father lived, employing his father's architect, Pierre-Alexis Delamair. The prince de Rohan was elected a member of the Académie des Inscriptions in 1701 and of the Académie française in 1703. He was made a commander of the Saint-Esprit in 1713. He gave last rites (confession, viaticum, and unction) to king Louis XIV. See also * Palais Rohan References Bibliography * Claude Muller, ''Le siècle des Rohan : une dynastie de cardinaux en Alsace au XVIII, e'', La Nuée Bleue, Strasbourg, 2006, 446 p. External links Académie française {{DEFAULTSORT:Rohan, Armand Gaston Maximilien 1674 births 1749 deaths Arma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hôtel De Soubise
The Hôtel de Soubise () is a city mansion '' entre cour et jardin'' (), located at 60 rue des Francs-Bourgeois, in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris. History The Hôtel de Soubise was built for the Prince and Princess de Soubise on the site of a semi-fortified manor house named the ''Grand-Chantier'' built in 1375 for ''connétable'' Olivier de Clisson, that had formerly been a property of the Templars. The site previously contained the Hôtel de Guise, the Paris residence of the Dukes of Guise, a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine. It was the birthplace of the last Duke, Francis Joseph, Duke of Guise, the son of Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans, Duchess of Alençon. He died in 1675 and the Guise estate passed to Marie de Lorraine who died at the Hôtel in 1688 having been born there in 1615. On March 27, 1700, François de Rohan, prince de Soubise bought the Hôtel de Clisson, lately de Guise, and asked the architect Pierre-Alexis Delamair to remodel it completely. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François, Prince Of Soubise
François de Rohan (1630 – 24 August 1712) was a member of the House of Rohan and founder of the House of Soubise. His wife Anne Julie de Rohan was the one-time mistress of Louis XIV and mother of François's own eleven children. Prince of Soubise jure uxoris, he was also the Lord of Frontenay and of Ponghes. The title of Prince of Soubise was created in 1667 when the ''sirerie'' of Soubise, Charente-Maritime was raised to a principality for the cadet branch of the House of Rohan, and de Rohan raised to prince. François would be succeeded by three further princes before the male line of Rohan-Soubise became extinct. Biography François was born to Hercule de Rohan and his wife . His father had been married twice, and François was the only son born from the second marriage. His older sister was Marie de Rohan, wife of the Duke of Chevreuse, Duke of Luynes and a key figure of the Fronde, the great civil war which threatened the power of the monarchy. His older brother was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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